July 30, 2015

The last article on the KOWA blog before this one was originally sent out as an e-mail to the main music listserve in town. You can read it in full by clicking on this link. Here is a response to the e-mail update. On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 2:00 PM, a person wrote back…

July 29, 2015

KOWA 106.5fm, is about to be broadcasting at full low power with a new antennae and transmitter. “Flowpower,” as we are calling it, brings us from the current reach of the downtown core to all of Olympia and Tumwater, creating the flow we need to make a difference. We landed some grants that hopefully can…

July 6, 2015

Media Island is going to Hope Island for a retreat focused on KOWA. KOWA received a substantial grant and is poised to reach new strength. We’re hoping to have a blast, bond, and organize in a beautiful location. If you are interested in volunteering with KOWA please contact us. dj@kowalp.org

May 27, 2015

KOWA is gearing up to finally become the community radio station that serves the entirety of Olympia and Tumwater. This will increase our range to include an audience reach of potentially 100,000 people. It’s been a long struggle, but for the first time ever KOWA is looking for steady sponsorship. We need to raise $500/…

April 24, 2015

This May Day, join local artists, groups, and community powered radio station KOWA 106.5 FM in a costumed celebration of past, present and future inter-sectional solidarity and the connecting of Earth Day to international Worker’s Day. Connect visions, liberate space, dress in costume, and dance in raucous radical togetherness! Proceeds will support community radio! Buy…

March 5, 2015

KOWA 106.5 FM Community Powered Radio, is putting on a wild benefit show like no other… and we want your artistic genius! Submit your original poster for this event & day of international solidarity to join our ‘mob’ and enter the contest! Deadline is March 31st! E-mail nora(at)kowalp.org for necessary details.

March 2, 2015

This May 1st, Olympia’s May Day is back as a community extravaganza! It’s a radical political circus celebrating “Earth Day to May Day!” We’ll have an interactive and improvised look at the history through song, theater, art and performance of all kinds! The atmosphere will be engaging, a liberated space, like the feeling of taking…